Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 851.1 EAN: 9780330441100 ISBN: 0330441108 Label: Macmillan UK Manufacturer: Macmillan UK Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: April 28, 2008 Publisher: Macmillan UK Sales Rank: 116143 Studio: Macmillan UK
A new telling of Dante’s Inferno, this translation is the most fluent, grippingly readable version of the famous poem yet, and—with all the consummate technical skill that is the hallmark of Sean O’Brien’s own poetry—manages the near-impossible task of preserving the subtle power and lyric nuance of the Italian original, while seeking out an entirely natural English music. No other version has so vividly expressed the horror, cruelty, beauty, and outrageous imaginative flight of Dante’s original vision.
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Rating: - The Inferno
I first read this book when I was in highschool and it's still one of my favorites books today.
Rating: - perfect carry along book
tucks away easily in my back pack, easy to read, and even the coffee house snobs pay it respect.
Rating: - Inferno for the a new generation
It is nice to have a more recent translation of a classic work. Often classical works are difficult to understand because even though in English, they are written in forms and modes that are "out of fashion" or not easily understandable to younger generations from lack of exposure. This version is easy to read and understand. The poetry is beautiful. I just think this project is exciting and it is so nice to see a compilation of work that includes so many contemporary poets.
Rating: - Excellent Book
I found Dante's Inferno to be in excellent shape, a great book, and plan on purchasing volumes II and III.
Rating: - Medieval vision of the afterlife
This was required reading for a graduate course in medieval history.
Dante Alighieri's (1265-1321) "Devine Comedy" weaved together aspects of biblical and classical Greek literary traditions to produce one of the most important works of not only medieval literature, but also one of the great literary works of Western civilization. The full impact of this 14,000-line poem divided into 100 cantos and three books is not just literary. Dante's autobiographical poem Commedia, as he titled it, ... Read More
- The Inferno
- Inferno for the a new generation
